The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.

The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.

Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!

Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.

We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.

Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.

Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.

Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.

At Court, every one for himselfe.

At Court, every one for himselfe.